VALUABLE POINTS IN HORSE BREEDING.
James Howard, a famous breeder of horses, has arrived at some most important conclusions 'in the art of breeding.! /He believes that the external structure, configiiratioD, and outward characteristics, including peculiarities of locomotion, are mainly derived from the sire, while the structure of the various internal organs, the temper, the habits and constitution come from the dam. The purer the blood of the parent, the more certainty there is of its qualities', being-transmitted'to the offspring. This is particularly true, if the greater purity of race or breed is on the side of the sire. A pure-blooded male that has descendedf rom a stock of uniform color, fixes that same color upon his cq|t. A sire might influence progeny subsequent to \that of which he is a parent; that is, hie influence is stamped upon the dam, The. transmission of diseases of the vital organs is more certain from the female, while disorders of the external parts, joints, etc., must surely come from , the side of the siro. We know of many exceptions— if they are exceptions—to the above points, and give them more as food for thought for horse-breeders and others, than as rules of action. : : •■"■ - ■•■■•'
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5106, 2 March 1885, Page 3
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